How many here can see how much the company has changed you as an individual? I used to be this happy go lucky guy, full of optimism with a “ready to take on the world” attitude. I loved the work I did with the teams I was assigned to. But now, many years later, I’ve lost weight because of stress and I have this “screw the company” attitude. I swear I used to love it here and now I dread walking through the door.
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I will never understand the "get what I'm owed" mentality about severance. It just really isn't worth the money, folks. Find a new job and you'll probably get a raise, in addition to some self fulfillment from a decent work environment.
Yes... every morning when my alarm goes off, I’m like ugh. Depressed before the day even starts. Then around Sunday evening a ball of stress returns. I know it’s not healthy, but I’d rather suffer for a bit for the severance package before looking for a similar job.
I am in final stages of interviewing with a major competitor. Once I do, I plan on poaching as many good people as possible in the spring from the place.
The executive level has no understanding of how we feel. Nor do they care.
100% agreed I used to love this place I am now happy to be out and I have seen the best knowledgeable and dedicated people going out as well what s left in terms of human capital not very much except the most expensive senior exec team but incapable
PZ is only 55 so he will be milking it for several years. He is going no where. Stock is up, work harder. I am doing better now
we have been made well aware in a series of communications that white guys will not be promoted unless its a last resort. another great reason to take your experience down the road.
this doesn't apply to exec roles of course.
PZ will slowly break up L&R in pieces against shareholder demands to milk this a few more years before getting out leaving AIG penniless.
Me too. As a +50 caucasian I'm feeling there's now a target on my back and any anyone else in this demographic. Corporate goal to diversify every team to a stated goal. I guess I could "come out" even if not true.
We should all be looking for a new job and leave when something better comes along. I personally will need to detox after leaving this place so I don’t bring the negativity I’ve gotten used to here to the next place.
If that's happening then definitely get out when you can. If you stay on and it continues to bother you or gets worse, that's on you.
I try to firewall my work life from personal. It's not easy to do consistently. The culture is either bad or non existent. Technology is becoming a mini Accenture, and as the whole Manilla fiasco is showing, that's not good, since most of them are opting for severance instead of becoming part of Accenture (an option NOT available to US workers, either you move over or quit without severance of any kind).
It's the hypocrisy of this organization that preaches one thing and does another, that always takes care of upper management regardless of performance, but tells workers you are lucky to get a 2% raise every 3 years. It's a bogus performance review process that does nothing but brew resentment.
A company that promotes fairness and diversity, but only hires friends and family at upper management levels. A company that sells its workers to a consulting company, but hires a new executive friend every week. A company that continually turns its back on its brokers and then tries to bribe them to bring in business.
A company that offers you almost no career advancement and continually holds the fear of a rif over your head. A company that pays a corporate executive $100's of millions of dollars to sit in another country and hire consultants and other people to do the work. A corrupt board of directors that allows this to happen.
A company that is stuck with 1990's technology and an outdated corporate mentality. A company that is a dying once great dinosaur, but is now just an atm for corporate criminals.
I'm sure I missed a lot, but those were off the top a few reasons you feel this way. Get out when you can. Its not worth your sanity.